The Aurora University softball team punched their ticket for a return trip to the 2016 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament Championships with a 3-1 victory over Concordia University Wisconsin..
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GAME INFORMATION – Friday, May 6, 2016
Score: Aurora University 3; Concordia University Wisconsin 1
Records: Aurora University (32-10) vs. Concordia University Wisconsin (26-16)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Alverno Field
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny, Wind: SW @ 8 mph
Game Duration: 1:05
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SPARTAN STARTING LINE UP:
1. #30 Mandey Shrader - 2B
2. #21 Laura Dierking - DP
3. #9 Larkin Langston - SS
4. #13 Elaine Walker - C
5. #5 Stephanie Starr - CF
6. #12 Amie Raynor - RF
7. #10 Logan Cahill - 1B
8. #44 Taylor Moore - 3B
9Â #3 Lauren Huebner - LF
10. #27 Vanessa Hartzell - pitcher
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SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS
Logan Cahill was two for three with a double and one run scored.
Mandey Shrader was two for three.
Elaine Walker was two for three with one run batted in.
Vanessa Hartzell earned the win, pitching a complete game, allowing one run, just three hits and struck out eight.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- AU scored a pair of runs in third inning as Mandey Shrader and Laura Dierking led off with singles. Dierking scored later in the inning on a single from Elaine Walker and Larkin Langston scored (reached on a fielder's choice) on a fielder's choice for a 2-0 AU lead.
- Concordia Wisconsin cut the lead in half with what would be their only run of the game, a solo home run down the right field line.
- AU answered immediately in the bottom of the fourth. A lead-off double from Logan Cahill started the inning and she would score on a ground out from Lauren Huebner.
- The runs were all AU pitcher Vanessa Hartzell would need as she set the Falcons down in order over the final three innings.
SPARTAN LEADERS:
HITS:
Mandey Shrader,
Elaine Walker and
Logan Cahill (2)
DOUBLE: Logan Cahill (1)
RUNS:
Logan Cahill,
Larkin Langston and
Laura Dierking (1)
RUNS BATTED IN:
Elaine Walker and
Lauren Huebner (1)
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UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan softball team comes on Saturday, May 7 when they travel to Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament at Alverno College. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. AU is the No. 1 seed and play the winner of the 9:00 am game between No. 2 seed Concordia University Wisconsin and No. 3 Benedictine University.